Course

General line of orientation

Synonyms

Trend

Type of

Way

Direction

Examples

The river takes a southern course

(construction) a layer of masonry

Synonyms

Row

Type of

Bed

Layer

Part of

Wall

Examples

A course of bricks

A connected series of events or actions or developments

Synonyms

Line

Type of

Series

Examples

The government took a firm course

As might be expected

A mode of action

Type of

Action

Examples

If you persist in that course you will surely fail

Once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place

A body of students who are taught together

Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

Move along, of liquids

A line or route along which something travels or moves

Synonyms

Path

Track

Type of

Line

Examples

The course of the river

Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

Examples

The course had only nine holes

The course was less than a mile

Hunt with hounds

In category

Game

Derivation

Coursing

Examples

He often courses hares

Move swiftly through or over

Part of a meal served at one time